China coronavirus: Death toll climbs to over 2,700 amidst signs of slowdown

death toll in China's vel coronavirus epidemic on Wednesday climbed to 2,715 with 52 new fatalities while confirmed cases rose to 78,064, amidst strong signs of COVID-19 slowing down even at its epicentre Hubei province.

country's National Health Commission (NHC) in its daily update said it received reports of 52 deaths, all from Hubei, and 406 new confirmed cases of vel coronavirus infection from all over country.

death toll has gone up to 2,715 and overall confirmed cases reached 78,064, it said. Ar 439 new suspected cases were reported on Tuesday while number of severe cases decreased by 374 to 8,752, it said.

Overall 2,491 people were still suspected of being infected with virus. A total of 29,745 people h been discharged from hospital after recovery.

commission said 6.47 lakh close contacts h been traced, and over 79,000 are still under medical observation.

By end of Tuesday, 85 confirmed cases including two deaths h been reported from Hong Kong, 10 confirmed cases in Macao and 31 in Taiwan including one death.

Wuhan, capital city of hardest-hit province of Hubei, remains main battlefield for prevention and control of coronavirus epidemic in country, NHC said.

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Resolute efforts should be me to curb rise in confirmed cases in periphery of Hubei and or key provincial-level regions, He Qinghua, an official of NHC told media.

A joint prevention and control mechanism should be initiated between Hubei and its neighbouring provinces to help prevent spre of epidemic to neighbouring areas and provide materials, personnel and transportation support needed in Hubei, He said.

Hubei and Wuhan toger with over 50 million population continue to be under lockdown since January 23 with all public and private transportation remained suspended.

Or key areas including Beijing, Zhejiang and Guangdong should enhance coordination with Hubei in prevention work, such as information sharing, to contain furr spre of epidemic, He said.

For lower-risk regions across country, preventive measures should be opted at county level to avoid relapse of epidemic situation while vancing resumption of work and production as soon as possible, He said, stressing efforts to step up disinfection and ventilation as well as passengers' temperature and health monitoring to reduce risk of virus transmission amidst people's return trips. 

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